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      Applications Engineer Interview

      Oct 28, 2015
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Slack in Oct 2015

      Interview

      Applied online. A couple days later got an email from a recruiter asking to schedule a brief phone interview. I scheduled for the next available time, which was 2 weeks later. On the day of the phone screen, I get a call from the recruiter from a private number a minute behind schedule. I answer and the guy on the other end of the line quickly asks me if I have time for the interview, as if he is in a rush. Of course I have time, and he asks me to tell him about some of the work I've done. I start going into some of my work, and it's just silent on the other end of the line, well actually, it sounded like this guy was in a call center, and the connection was really crummy, but the recruiter doesn't seem interested at all. After that, he asks me "Why Slack?" and tells me that the interview process after this goes to a brief chat with the hiring manager and then a technical challenge that is due a week after it's given. After that, if they like you they fly you out to do more interviews. Unfortunately I got an email a day later saying that I wasn't moving forward. Overall, not a bad experience, but it didn't really seem personal, or like they cared, which was surprising.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why Slack?
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      Applications Engineer Interview

      Aug 14, 2018
      Anonymous employee
      San Francisco, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Slack (San Francisco, CA) in May 2018

      Interview

      1. Referred by friend 2. Recruiter Contact (email) 3. Recruiter Phone Call 4. Engineer Phone Call (mostly just conversational about the company) 5. Take home project (1 week for completion) 6. Engineer Phone Call (more detailed questions about more work) 7. Onsite #1 (~4 hours) 8. Onsite #2 (coffee with manager + director, more casual) 9. Offer within a few days of my last onsite The recruiter was really great through the whole process. She kept me updated on what Slack is looking or to make the expectations clear, and she was supportive the whole way and very responsive. Overall it was a great process for me. Onsites aren't traditional at Slack -- you won't be wasting time balancing trees or desperately trying to remember Dijkstra's Algorithm. Instead you'll have a tough take home project and questions that are more high level and actually test your skills as an engineer.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. Take home project For the Front End project I was given a skeleton in React and was told to build off it given the instructions/product requirements provided. They estimated about 3 hours -- but considering how important this is (for pay/offer) I ended up spending a whole weekend on it so probably 15 hours. 2. Onsite I had 4 separate talks/interviews. - I met with a director of engineering -- questions were casual and more about what my goals are in my career. - The second I talked with some FE engineers and we went over my project and talked about pros/cons/improvements, then we had a high level architecture discussion about how to create a (vaguely described) web page - The third I talked with more FE engineers (higher up) and he asked me what I'd do to build Slack from scratch. Obviously a very open ended question, I think the point is to see how far you will go and how much you know about designing a full product. - The last was a more social/cultural fit interview where you talk about your style of things and more who you are as a person.
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